02 Jun 1988
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1988
Page
1
A broad advertising push targets Hawk football stars as a major feature on page 10. The item highlights standout players and the community’s booster effort to raise their profile through expansive media exposure.
Hadley, 41, could escape prison under a tentative plea bargain and seek probation at sentencing. He is set to appear in U S District Court in Cedar Rapids on June 10 to withdraw his not guilty plea. The case involves $94.1 million from Sonn Weere Credit Union in Waterloo and a broader package deal amid federal and state probes.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan wrap up their fourth summit in Moscow amid friction on arms control and dissident policy yet express optimism about a warmer relationship. Reagan cites bureaucracy behind Jewish emigration barriers as he and Gorbachev depart for London.
On a hot Wednesday Mark Brown rests with guitar near the Cod River while on leave from Fort Carson. Also, Dave Wosen reports a worker, Rick Burnell, 28, overcome by heat in Hiawatha. Temperatures have stayed in the upper 80s to lower 90s, stressing people and crops. Cedar Rapids area rainfall in May was .96 inches, far below normal.
A NAS IOM panel condemns current federal AIDS programs as grossly inadequate for intravenous drug abusers and calls for rapid large scale treatment expansion, a national commission, and limited clean-needle studies. The report updates the 1986 Confronting AIDS and aims to shape White House policy ahead of June Stockholm AIDS conference.
An underground explosion 300 feet deep at a Borken lignite mine killed 16 miners and trapped 41 with little chance of survival. Officials, including Hesse interior minister Gottfried Milde, cited a gas explosion from coal dust as the likely cause. About one third of the workers were foreigners, including 14 Turks, as rescue crews labored through debris with drills and fresh air injections. Families gathered at the surface in shock while authorities reviewed mine records to confirm the total at the time.
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